GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE TALIBAN

How about that little war, eh? Thanksgiving around here is that the thing is being wound up quickly, with very few American casualties. In the process, we are also thankful that so many of our "Special Operations" teams now have successful (bragging rights) missions under their belts and will be even more efficient in the trials that are sure to come.

After all, practice makes perfect. That's a nasty thought when the goal is killing people and breaking things associated with war. But, the enemy came here and attacked unarmed civilians on our land. That was an open declaration of war. Therefore, they deserve whatever they get.

And what was all this hype about them being such ferocious fighters? We're told they beat the Soviets. So? Take away everyone's nukes and we could have quickly beaten the Soviets anytime in the last century, too. The United States Military is not the Soviet military. Our people are trained differently and have better equipment throughout the services.

Those of us who write were "reminded" (unofficially) that "lose lips sink ships." There was a standing request that we not use any of the juicy tidbits about out military forces we gleaned. In fact, even when information was publicly broadcast by European media outlets, it was often not picked up by the media here. I fail to understand that rational -- and was on vacation most of the time, anyway. But, that's the way it was. Silly!

Yet, when I learned how many (a lot) of our "Special Operations" teams were on the ground over there, I knew the jig was up for the Taliban. The fly-boys say that one fully armed B52 could take out most of our East Coast. Well, 10 to 20 of our Special Operations teams can easily disrupt a small country and cause the government to change. Add in some of the experienced Special Operations teams from Britain, France, Germany, etc. -- then back them up with great air cover, including a few B52s -- and the enemy army on the ground becomes little more than sitting ducks.

The hold up was not the Taliban "army" on the ground. The problem is that the many tribes in Afghanistan hate each other and are not cooperating on forming a new government representative of the country as a whole. And, without such a government to replace the schizoid Taliban reprobates who are being bombed out of existence, the country would stay in a semi-permanent state of civil war. For our needs, that's not helpful.

So, still, they are giving negotiators a chance. But, right now Afghanistan is a chaotic country. Instead of organization, there are gun-toting gangs, all loyal to different warlords, "patrolling" the cities and countryside. Many are basically rival gangs, which is not helpful to anyone.

The Northern Alliance says it controls up to 85% of the country. That's probably not really true, though, because that group only includes a few of the tribes.

Anyway, those "ferocious" Taliban forces turned tail and ran. Interestingly enough, it was nice of them to bunch up in areas that were very easy to bomb. Meanwhile, they were finding that food and ammunition were starting to get a little scarce because that's what Special Operations squads do: disrupt everything, especially supplies.

Now the Taliban wants to surrender. Of course, they also want us to allow all the foreigners fighting on their side free passage out of there.

The Taliban even formally petitioned (the infidels at) the United Nations to arrange a semi-unconditional surrender of their forces. However, the top UN envoy for Afghanistan said the UN had no one there on the ground, "and simply cannot unfortunately accede to this request."

At one point it seemed almost as if Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld might actually laugh. There's no way he plans to let that army scatter to the winds and be available to fight anew another day.

Instead, Rumsfeld announced that a $25-million reward for bin Laden's capture should provide an incentive to leaders of Pashtun tribal groups to help find him. "As enemy leaders become fewer and fewer, it does not necessarily mean that the task will become easier," Rumsfeld admonished yet again. "People can hide in caves for long periods, and this will take time." He also said that 20,000 Taliban still remain in Kunduz, more than 10,000 of them foreigners.

Which means, we know where most of them are and we intend to make them not exist anymore.

Then, there was a reply from the frightened enemy: Mohammed Saeed Haqqani, a security chief at the border town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar, one of the last provinces still under Taliban control, said the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the work of Jews trying to blacken the name of Islam. "The US has not provided any information about his (bin Laden's) involvement in the attacks," Haqqani told reporters. "He has not the telecommunications means to conduct such activities. Being our guest we are duty bound to protect him. The Americans have offered $25-million for Osama. We will give $50- million for Bush, even though we are a poor country."

Which, we might add, is not a very good way to get the bombing to stop and negotiate a surrender. Especially after, in one of his many video tapes released to the media, bin Laden actually took responsibility for the attacks of September 11. Apparently Haqqani has not yet received that news. No matter. His statement just moved his location up on their Air Force hit-lists.

Then comes Syed Tayyad Agha, spokesman for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. He told a news conference that the terror attacks have been superseded by U.S. attacks on Afghanistan. "Now there is a new fighting against Muslims and Islam, and the international and global terrorists like America and Britain, they are killing daily our innocent people," he told journalists.

In short, it looks a lot like these people ruined their brains on that opium they're raising for export to here. They flee like a flock of little girls, then stand and growl like a rabid Pit Bull terrior. In truth, though, they look a lot more like a Chihuahua than a Pit Bull. And, that Chihuahua is about to get squashed.

Look for the mop-up to start just as soon as there is an agreement for the new government. Then, we'll see who is next.

And what was all this hype about the Taliban being such ferocious fighters? We're told they beat the Soviets. So? Take away everyone's nukes and we could have quickly beaten the Soviets anytime in the last century, too. The United States Military is not the Soviet military. Our people are trained differently and have better equipment throughout the services.

When I learned how many (a lot) of our "Special Operations" teams were on the ground over there, I knew the jig was up for the Taliban -- the enemy army on the ground became little more than sitting ducks..

We know where most of them are and we intend to make them not exist anymore.

Look for the mop-up to start just as soon as there is an agreement for the new government. Then, we'll see who is next.

Now that we have "beaten the Taliban" we as a nation must focus on the enemy. The enemy is terrorism, the media has hyped up the fact that we are trying to destroy the Taliban from holding office. "I" don't care about those Taliban animals. The enemy I want to see destroyed is Bin-Jerky and all who seek and participate to destroy peoples lives by attacking them in such a cowardly fashion.

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